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Do Perceptions of Ballot Secrecy Influence Turnout? Results from a Field Experiment
Gerber, Alan S.; Huber, Gregory A.; Doherty, David; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Although the secret ballot has long been secured as a legal matter in the United States, formal secrecy protections are not equivalent to convincing citizens that they may vote privately and without fear of reprisal. We present survey evidence that those who have not previously voted are...
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Trade and Geography in the Origins and Spread of Islam
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
This study examines the spatial distribution of Muslim societies shedding light on its geographic origins. The empirical analysis conducted across countries, virtual countries, and ethnicities establishes that geographic inequality and proximity to pre-Islamic trade routes are fundamental...
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The Effects of Race and Sex Discrimination Laws
Neumark, David; Stock, Wendy A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001
The question of the effects of race and sex discrimination laws on relative economic outcomes for blacks and women has been of interest at least since the Civil Rights and Equal Pay Acts passed in the 1960s. We present new evidence on the effects of these laws based on variation induced first by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828531
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Why are Immigrants' Incarceration Rates so Low? Evidence on Selective Immigration, Deterrence, and Deportation
Butcher, Kristin F.; Piehl, Anne Morrison - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
The perception that immigration adversely affects crime rates led to legislation in the 1990s that particularly increased punishment of criminal aliens. In fact, immigrants have much lower institutionalization (incarceration) rates than the native born - on the order of one-fifth the rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828541
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Differential Mortality in the UK
Attanasio, Orazio; Emmerson, Carl - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001
In this paper we use the two waves of the British Retirement Survey (1988/89 and 1994) to quantify the relationship between socio-economic status and health outcomes. We find that, even after conditioning on the initial health status, wealth rankings are important determinants of mortality and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828561
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An Economic History of Fertility in the U.S.: 1826-1960
Jones, Larry E.; Tertilt, Michele - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
In this paper, we use data from the US census to document the history of the relationship between fertility choice and … several new facts that should be useful for researchers trying to model fertility. (1) The reduction in fertility known as the … Demographic Transition (or the Fertility Transition) seems to be much sharper based on cohort fertility measures compared to usual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828602
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Cross-Cohort Differences in Health on the Verge of Retirement
Mitchell, Olivia; Soldo, Beth J.; Tfaily, Rania; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Baby Boomers have left a unique imprint on US culture and society in the last 60 years, and it might be anticipated that they will also put their own stamp on retirement, the last phase of the life cycle. Yet because Boomers have not all fully retired, we cannot yet judge how they will fare as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828735
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Homeownership in the Immigrant Population
Borjas, George - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002
This paper analyzes the determinants of homeownership in immigrant households over the 1980-2000 period. The study finds that immigrants have lower homeownership rates than natives and that the homeownership gap widened significantly during that period. The differential location decisions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828742
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The Greatest Artists of the Twentieth Century
Galenson, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
Pablo Picasso was by far the greatest artist of the 20th century: textbooks of art history contain more than twice as many illustrations of his work as of that of his closest rival, Henri Matisse. A survey of textbooks also identifies Jackson Pollock as the greatest American artist, by a narrow...
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Is There Dowry Inflation in South Asia?
Arunachalam, Raj; Logan, Trevon D. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
This paper is the first systematic attempt to measure the existence and degree of dowry inflation in South Asia. The popular press and scholarly literature have assumed dowry inflation in South Asia for some time, and there are now a number of theoretical papers that have attempted to explain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829188